Buried Country: The Story of Aboriginal Country Music

It was country music that first gave Aboriginal Australians a voice in modern Australia. Country has always offered a vehicle for the dispossessed to tell their stories, and Aboriginal country music has a rich history, from the great pioneer Jimmy Little through Vic Simms, Harry and Wilga Williams, Bobby McLeod, Bob Randall and Isaac YaMma to Roger Knox and Kev Carmody, Archie Roach and Ruby Hunter. These pivotal figures and more are vividly captured in Clinton Walker's history. Hailed on publication as "an act of restitution" (Rhythms), a work that "traces new pathways into the songlines of a hidden and resonant Australian musical history" (The Age), Buried Country draws on the author's extensive research and in-person interviews. This new 3rd edition, a slightly expanded version of the 2014 updated 2nd edition, is illustrated with many rare photographs and memorabilia, and includes a full discography.

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Buried Country: The Story of Aboriginal Country Music

It was country music that first gave Aboriginal Australians a voice in modern Australia. Country has always offered a vehicle for the dispossessed to tell their stories, and Aboriginal country music has a rich history, from the great pioneer Jimmy Little through Vic Simms, Harry and Wilga Williams, Bobby McLeod, Bob Randall and Isaac YaMma to Roger Knox and Kev Carmody, Archie Roach and Ruby Hunter. These pivotal figures and more are vividly captured in Clinton Walker's history. Hailed on publication as "an act of restitution" (Rhythms), a work that "traces new pathways into the songlines of a hidden and resonant Australian musical history" (The Age), Buried Country draws on the author's extensive research and in-person interviews. This new 3rd edition, a slightly expanded version of the 2014 updated 2nd edition, is illustrated with many rare photographs and memorabilia, and includes a full discography.

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Buried Country: The Story of Aboriginal Country Music

Buried Country: The Story of Aboriginal Country Music

by Clinton Walker
Buried Country: The Story of Aboriginal Country Music

Buried Country: The Story of Aboriginal Country Music

by Clinton Walker

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It was country music that first gave Aboriginal Australians a voice in modern Australia. Country has always offered a vehicle for the dispossessed to tell their stories, and Aboriginal country music has a rich history, from the great pioneer Jimmy Little through Vic Simms, Harry and Wilga Williams, Bobby McLeod, Bob Randall and Isaac YaMma to Roger Knox and Kev Carmody, Archie Roach and Ruby Hunter. These pivotal figures and more are vividly captured in Clinton Walker's history. Hailed on publication as "an act of restitution" (Rhythms), a work that "traces new pathways into the songlines of a hidden and resonant Australian musical history" (The Age), Buried Country draws on the author's extensive research and in-person interviews. This new 3rd edition, a slightly expanded version of the 2014 updated 2nd edition, is illustrated with many rare photographs and memorabilia, and includes a full discography.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781088001059
Publisher: Tract Home Publications
Publication date: 12/14/2021
Edition description: Revised and Updated ed.
Pages: 354
Product dimensions: 8.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.74(d)

About the Author

Hailed as the “best chronicler of Australian grass-roots culture” by the Sydney Sun-Herald, Clinton Walker’s Inner City Sound was the first book to champion punk and independent music in Australia. Also the author of several other works of groundbreaking music and social history, including Highway to Hell: The Life and Death of AC/DC Legend Bon Scott; Stranded: The Secret History of Australian Independent Music, 1977–1992; and Golden Miles: Sex, Speed and the Australian Muscle Car, he lives in Sydney, Australia.
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